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I think if you wait until 18 months when your weight loss has slowed that would be ok. You need to balance the desire to do it right away with the desire to be healthy. I have two very young children and am getting the sleeve because I want to be healthy for them and me. It would suck if you got pregnant too soon and missed out on the chance to lose your excess weight.

Kaiser says no pregnancy for two years after. Otherwise you will have a chance of baby with birth defects due to vitamin deficiency because that first year especially you are taking in so few calories and nutrients. Soo I would wait two years that way you have lost all the excess weight and have maintained for a little. Then they say to not gain more than fifteen pounds while pregnant. Kaiser is really on you about birth control for this reason.

Sorry I am NorCal kaiser. I have found info on kaiser surgeons on the obesityhelp website. They had pages of reviews on my surgeon.

When were you sleeved? I am preop and have a one and two year old. Nervous about the no lifting... I had two csections and after two weeks I did pick up my daughter. Its almost impossible not to (carseats, etc...). I am gonna have to think about this issue and how to get them in and out of the car when I am by myself...

I am Kaiser and they are really specific on what you need to take. If you google Fremont kaiser bariatrics you will see they have several documents that you can open and one is their vitamin recommendations. I am Pre-op. I take Kirkland (Costco) brand which is a generic for Centrum. They also told me the Walmart generic for centrum is good. It's the normal centrum not the over 60 or Womens.

Just a note to say that a multivitamin is better than prenatal because the prenatals lack minerals.

I think you should consider gaining until you are at 40. I am just at forty and had to gain 7 lbs to get there. That was pretty easy. Keep exploring the sleeve through your insurance. Most insurance companies are changing to allow the sleeve because it is actually less expensive to do than the bypass and the band when you consider the expense of fills. I would abandon the self pay option and aggressively go after the insurance option. If you don't have the money for self pay you don't want to add the stress to your family by going that route. I really think you can do this through your insurance you may just need to fight for it. Don't give up!

Thanks for the responses. I am just having anxiety that I am going to reduce my lifespan by doing this vs losing weight naturally. Which is funny because it is not like I have a clear choice. I can lose weight on my own but have never kept it off. So it's the fantasy that I could lose weight and keep it off without surgery. My Kaiser intro to WLS class said there is a 5% chance of losing a lot of excess weight and keeping it off. WLS is an 80% chance. So I know my odds are better with WLS. Plus the benefit of possibly never getting diabetes which runs in my family...

I am wondering about the lifespan of people that have undergone a VSG. I know there isn't long term data yet, but did anyone's surgeon address this with them? I can only think that it may be similar to people who have their stomachs completely removed. Can I live to 80 or 90 with a VSG? I am in the very beginning stages with Nor Cal Kaiser so am at least 4-6 months away from surgery and have been thinking a lot about this issue. Any info is appreciated.